New York City vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$3627
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	56
😀 Quality of life	98	92
🏙️ Population	8.8M	526K

The cost of living in New York City is 138% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4th and 2865th ($4203 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 145th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in New York City compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 11th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Nuremberg

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	New York City	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$15497

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719